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Page Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, August 1, 1947 THE PILOT PUBLISHED EACH FftlbAY BY THE PILOT. INCORPORATED SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA 1941 BOYD ,3^^ Publisher KATHARINE BOYD • Editor VALERIE NICHOLSON ASST. EDITOR DAN S. RAY General Manager BERT PREMO - - • -ADVERTISING CHARLES MACAULEY - - CITY EDITOR MARY BAXTER - SOCIETY EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR - $3.00 SIX MONTHS $1.50 THREE MONTHS - - .75 ENTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AT SOU- THERN PINES. N. C.. AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. COUNTY "COMMISSIONER Southern Pines needs a repre sentative on the board of county commissioners. That is a statemient that almost everybody will agree with, yet the years go by and nothing is done about it. The situation, as far as we are concerned, is bad. The county re ceives a great deal of revenue from this section, and many county institutions, such as the Health and Welfare departments, receive direct support and strong backing from our people. Yet we have nothing to say about how the county and its institutions shall be run. Again, there is no one on the board to interest himself in our problems. Our school is handi capped because of this; all who come in contact with county gov ernment, such as hotels and res taurants which must comply with health department rulings and sbmit to the inspections of the sanitarian, are at a disadvantage. They have no one who will take up their cases with the board. And so on down the line. The resort business, which brings in much of the revenue we pass on to the county in taxes, is of little interest to most coun ty people. It receives precious little consideration, except from the Pinehurst angle. And that angle is frequently not the angle from which Southern Pines peo ple look at things. Take the case of Resort Air lines, Inc. Southern Pines people believe that a good airline, bring ing visitors directly to our doors is an essential major asset to a modern resort. Pinehurst, appar ently, does not. Nothing has been done by our neighbor resort to help the local company to get established and, through Pine- hurst’s representative on the county board, a generally ob structionist policy has been fol lowed. Granted that there are as pects of the case that have con tributed to the delay. Neverthe less there is little doubt that strong backing by Pinehurst, in stead of the reverse, would have helped immeasurably in the es tablishment of this airline. Southern Pines might have given the necessary backing if Ve had h,ad a vote in county affairs. But we have not. We do not see any sense to rivalry between two mutually in terested groups and are glad the old Pinehurst-Southern Pines ex change of sour looks and chit chat is a thing of the past. How ever, at the risk of reviving some of it, we cannot refrain from pointing out that Pinehurst has always been a great deal smarter than we are in at least thig re spect: their county connections. They have always had a man devoted to,their interests on the board of commissioners; the county attorney also has been one of Pinehurst’s legal advisors; the Bank of Pinehurst has been for many years the repository for county funds. It would be, we should imagine, very difficult for the county to act contrary to Pinehurst wishes. Frankly* we don’t care much for that sort of set-up, but we do believe in representative goV' ernment. A strong man to repre. sent our interests on the board of county commissioners is a pirme necessity to this section. It is nonsensical to go along with out one any longer. To our local politicos, as they begin to make plans for the next election, we conunend as number one on the list of things to do: get busy now to find the right man for this job and the backing to Send him to Carthage when the time comes. seems to involve damage amount ing to as much as $25.00 the high way patrolman covering the sec tion where it* occurred is in duty bound to make a thorough in vestigation. It' has been stated that an in vestigation will be made of the Carthage accident in which D;-. McDuffie was injured. There ap pears to be not the slightest doubt that there was careless driving on the part of several. It is believed that the police will give this case the investiga tion it deserves. In the case of the other accident, there appears to be doubt as to whether an in vestigation will be made. The patrolman stated, not long after the accident, that he could not fix blame ani <iid not intend to make an investigation. This is, we believe, the wrong attitude. No serious accident should be allowed to go unin vestigated; it makes no differ ence whether the belief is that neither party is to blame or that both are. If an accident occurs, the facts sjiould be brought out as clearly as possible. There are rumors about the Aberdeen accident that are dis tressing. Everyone knows that people talk carelessly and all sorts of tales grow around any affair of this sort, but if the tales are not true, people should know it, and if they are, they should be verified by official judgment and the law should take over. We are told that there were tracks which could have been studied and one who did study them, stated that they told a clear story. Also, there may have been witnesses. 'It would seem more than likely that the driver of the bus which the South-bound car, driven by Moon, had just passed, who stop ped at the scene of the accident, could furnish some information. In the interest of safe driving^ to which this month of July is dedicated, a thorough investiga tion of this accident should be made, and the facts made public. Two serious accidents in two weeks is two too many; the law requires investigation and be hind the law is the concerted pressure of every person in Moore iwho Wants to see the roads of his county made safe for him and his children to drive on. night. A mob of 300 white men went to the county jail to get a Negro being held for the shotgun murder of a white farmer. The pattern is quite familiar. This could easily have been the notor ious, story of the Greenville, S. C., taxi drivers all over again. . But there was an important (jjf.. Monitor) ference. This time the mob could- not get into the jail. The acting sheriff, Otis King, happened to be a man of in telligence and courage. He heard there wks a mob organizing, and Went to work. After locking the Negro^ behind five barriers, and throwing away the keys, the jailer telephoned for reinforce ments. Twenty city, county and state agents of the law stood off the mob four hours, by which time the crisis was over. Only a few weeks ago a quick witted Alabama mayor out-talk ed a mob, saving the prospective victim’s life when the rope was already in place. It is worth add ing that the sequel in this case was that the rescued Negro was convicted in a proper court of law before the month was out, and sentenced to twenty years in prison. There was courageous leader ship in both instances, and there have beeti two other cases with in the year. Example was set. Precedent accumulates each time a mob is foiled, and makes anoth er Greenville outrage just that much more difficult. And the list of heroes to whom the South and the whole nation are indebt ed grows slowly but surely. Communists Use Anti-German Feeling To Set Satellites vs. Marshall Plan By Joseph C. Haxsch (From The Christian Science Citizens « Anonymous INVESTIGATION CALLED FOR During the past two weeks there have been two serious au tomobile accidents in Moore County. The first was below Aberdeen and involved the cars dri%»en by Robert F. Stewart of Pinebluff and Lynwood Moon of Aberdeen. The second was a com plicated smash-up near Carthage in which four cars and a trailer tangled. Both the accidents re sulted in ^rious injuries for some of the participants. It is our understanding that in case of ahy accident which THE JOKER IN THE MARSHALL DECK The different steps which have taken place in the unfolding of the Marshall Plan lead to more and more bewilderment. First we had the plan that Europe should be unified econo mically. It was the thing many foreign policy experts had advo cated for a long time; Churchill had suggested something of the sort; it was clearly to the ad vantage of European countries as well as to ourselves, and it seem ed to promise well from every standpoint. From the dramati cally called conference, the dele gates returned to their countries to draw up the statements of their individual problems and needs. While they were drawing them up our General Clay, in Ger many, suddenly announced a startling change in the adminis tration of our zofie there: the “stiff peace” idea was to be abandoned and Germah industry was to be rebuilt. When the del egates returned they were met by the news that the ynited States had decided that Germany was to be the focal point of the Marshall Plan. She was to receive the main benefits from it and we, aided by Britain, were to admin ister the Ruhr. The actions of Britain and France show that they were taken as much by surprise as were Americans here. Not a word of this scheme had been allowed to creep into the original plan. The European countries were dismayed. Several that seemed to be still teetering on the U. S.- Russian fence promptly fell over into Russia’s arms: Their fear and hatred of Germany was greater than their dislike of the Soviets. In France, Ramadier’s skillful out-playing of the Com munists received a major set' back; while ’Bevin in Britain angrily denounced the whole thing. In America, people everywhere were confused and deeply anxious. Did our policy maljers know what they were doing? Was it necessary to so mislead the world, to act in this arbitrary inept fashion, to so shake to its foundations the already preca rious structure of peace? And, again, is it going to be al ways the way that we do these things on our own, never through the UN? When the Marshall Plan was first announced, the western world responded with a surge of hope. That hope has gone and the present bewilderment .and deep anxiety is even deeper than it was before. Dear Editor, If Mr. Picduet is good enough to urge the people to go to the church of their faith every Sun day, the various ministers in town should at least take the no tice of their services for the week regularly to The Pilot for publi cation. A stranger in town on reading The Pilot finds nothing but the notice of the * Christian Science Church. I commend their example to the other churches. “C. A.’ The Pilot: I just read The Pilot about the “short shorts.” I certainly would like to shake hands on this. A girl would look much nicer even with a print dress on. You can’t blame a man for smiling when you try to show him how short you can wear shorts. Girls, let’s Wf ar our shoots at home and not on the main street. “C. A.” The Public Speaking GOOD NEWS FROM GEORGIA (N.Y. Herald Tribuine, July 3) The town Of Carrollton, Ok., al most had a lynching on Monday 24 July 1947 Editor The Pilot: After having been north al most two months, and having vis ited many of the larger manu facturing cities, I am glad to re port that business is booming. The return of the capitalistic sys tem, after having been ’dragged through the mud for the past 13 years under the New Deal set up, is now well assured. And, as we all know, it is the only sys tem that will work out in this country, or in fact any country. It was not so long ago, when Henry Wallace was an inferior Secretary of Commerce, that we had continual reports from his department that the United States was going on the rocks; a big depression was facing us, mil lions would be out of work, etc. This was all to take place in 1947. Th(e peissimistic attitude was further enlarged upon by a little known and unimportant econo mics survey sfervice located in Washington, D. C. As usual Wal lace, the economic survey. Red propaganda and other prophets of gloom were absolutely wrong. Great and continued prosperity in the United States, under our own eminently successful capi talistic system, is not a tasty mouthful for Moscow. , Yours very truly, JULIAN T. BISHOP Yale Club, N. Y. City. Frankfort. Germany The chief conclusion which emerges from more than a month’s traveling through the satellite countries and then re turning to the western part of Germany is that our economic and political opponent should not be underestimated. It is clear that the Soviet army is the final argument the Com munists ckn, and do, use;Eor per suasion. But anyone who thinks that Russia’s satellite system rests ex clusively on Soviet Army bayo nets is risking disillusionment. The Marshall plan, is rivaled by a Russian plan which contains con siderable vitality and strong ap peal fo,r many classes outside Communist ranks in the satellite states. It rests on two principal foun dations, which I think are being inadequately appreciated outside. First is t’-e effective Commun ist sponsorship of anti-German sentiment. Second is the equally effective Communist claim to credit for the remarkable surface recovery achifeved in the satellite area. German Domination' Traveling through the satellite countries is an experience rem iniscent of the Gestapo, SS, and quislings and all they did. Ameri cans and British who did not ex perience German occupation are losing the acuteness of those memories But this is not so where Poles, Slavs, and Magyars felt the Ges tapo heel and where almost everyone came into either first or second-hand contact with con centration camps. Those border states had been under German pressures of many kinds through nearly a thousand years. Their historic memory is the memory of German domination. This has been whetted by experiences dur ing the occupation. Russian Controls While it is true that Russia was the first to curry German favor by promoting a “German unity” slogan and while the Rus sians now are certainly as vul nerable as the West on this sub ject, still Russia controls the mediums of information. Through that control, it has been able to represent the West as the only currier of German favor and Russia as defender of the border states against German revival. One must dekl here not with logic but with propaganda achievements. In this field the Russians have scored heavily. They have been able to' convert the Marshall plan into the appearance of American sponsorship of German revival and therefore into a major and powerful anti-western weapon. Everywhere I went I was ac costed by non-Communists on the subject, and accused of rep resenting the American effort to restore German domination over the eastern states, which truly the Germans. Communist Ammunition The importance of this lies in the fact that every time some American advocates g “soft peace” for Germany, it puts am munition into Communist hands everywhere the memory of Ger man atrocities remains acute. And this means all through the satel lite region. It also means that should American policy ever swing com pletely to pro-German revival in all senses, it would be Russia’s strongest argument for keeping its satellites in the Russian camp. You can’t have both the Ger mans and the satellite states on your side everywhere; Perhaps Poland is the excep tion. The average Pole dislikes the Germans and Russians almost equally, but if forced to choose might prefer the Germans. This also is conceivable in Hungary. Blit elsewhere that unhappy choice almost certainly would be i|esolved the other way. They may dislike the ^ssians and they may profoundly distrust Communisrp. But no matter how bad the original behavior of the Soviet Army, the memory of the Gestapo and SS still stands as the bitterest. Greener Fields Another factor is the rate of recovery. If the Marshall plan achieves its purpose, then the satellites will be able to see truly greener fields to the West. But it is an inescapable fact that to day it looks greener in the satel lite pasture. This rosiness covers many an unhealthy basic condition, yet the surface in rosier by far than in Austria, Western Germany, Italy, and Britain. It has been the Com munist “good fortune” to have control over food-sufficient coun tries. They should not be able to claim credit for the accident of nature. But the border states resi dent hardly weighs these rea sons. He is interested in food, trade, housing. Those things have come faster in the satellite zones. Can't Eat Liberty Again one deals not with logic but, with conditions. And these conditions advance Communist arguments. Why should the bor der-state citizen want to enter the western economic orbit when that western orbit offers less than he currently is eating, wearing, and living in? It takes the vitality out of op position to Russia. It is -the old story. One doesn’t eat or wear civil liberties. The opposition raises its banners of civil liber ties and the time almost certain ly is coming when many i will re gret the price paid for today’s good meal. But it is human na ture working—and it is working in the satellite regions to the ad vantage of Russia. If its doctrine ultimately is to succeed, the Marshall plan truly must make the western pasture greener. Unless it does, the sat ellite states will be lost by the Summer Clearance Sale I STARTING FRIDAY, AUGUST 1st CONTINUES TRHOUGH SATURDAY, AUGUST 9tli ALL SALES FINAL ALL SALES CASH Mrs. Hayes Shop SOUTHERN PINES welcome their liberation from West for a long time to come. County Agents Respond To Many Calls As Farmers Go All-Out For Soil Tests CIVIL SERVICE EXAM A civil service lamination for the position of teacher, school ac tivities, at the U. S. Marine bar racks, Qamp Lejeune, is now open, according to L. E. Grover, secretary of the board of U. S. Civil Service examiners at the local post office. The examination covers elementary and high school teaching positions, as well as positions of elementary and high school principal. Entrance salaries range from $3,397 to $4,902 a year. Applica tions must be received by the board not ■ later than August 12,; 1947. Complete information and ap plication blanks may be obtained from Mr. Grover at the post of fice. Hundreds of soil tests have been made on Moore County farms in the past month, with both County Agenty E. H. Garri son, Jr., and his assistant W. G. (Jaldwell staying bfusy all the time responding to farmers’ re quests for this free service. Just a few short years ago, it wasn’t that way. The soil test ing program of the state depart ment of agriculture was a long time getting under way. Though the service was publicized, few farmers availed themselves of it. They went along from year to year planting the same crops, wondering why they didn’t do well, using lime and fertilizer, when they used them at aU,. in hit or miss fashion—trusting too, much to guesswork and to chance. A few farmers had soil samples taken, and found out through the tests just what their land was adapted for, what fertilizer mix to use and how much lime, if any, was needed. For the past few years, according to the state de partment, the percentage of these smart farmers has increased from 12 to 14 per cent each year ^until the fiscal year just end ed. In 1946-47, the percentage jumped to 64 per cent—a big leap upward toward better farming, and indicative of a real trend. Dr. Ivan E. Miles, head of the soil teating. division, attributes the tremendous increase to the many young veteran farmers, who don’t have to be sold on scientific methods. They know scientific farming means prog ress; and also money in their pockets. As for Moore county’s farm agents, they are delighted, even though it means much extra work for them. After years' of “selling” soil testing, they are having real results. It’s a big promotion, too, said Garrison, for the county program for an increase in the planting of alfalfa, in which also they are seeing effects this year. Before the planting of alfalfa in September, soil should be test ed for. lime content, for without the right amount of lime and the proper kind of , fertilizer, the agent said, "you might as well not plant alfalfa at all.” And the farmers who planted alfalfa last year are mighty happy about it. Every one of them is on the alfalfa program again this year, many with increased acre age. “It’s not only one of the finest, it’s absolutely the finest hay there is,” says Garrison. “It comes back up every year and, used as a legume after cutting, definitely enriches the soil.” Ladino clover and orchard grass are also being pushed for pasture in Moore county. 'With increased planting of these three, Moore farmers will save a big feed bill and a large amount of la bor, and will carry the county far along the way to the dreamed-of livestock and dairying eminence they are hoping for—some day. J. AUBREY SMITH Jeweler Watch Repairing TeL 8691 Ab^deen. N. C. it Southern Pines RESTAURANT OPENING HOURS CLOSING HOURS VIIJLACE INN DINE AND DANCE 5:30 to 8:30 P. M. Dinner Hour CLOSED MONDAYS HOLLIDAY’S COFFEE SHOP REAL GOOD FOOD SPECIALIZING IN CHILDREN'S PLATES 7 A. M. to 11 P. M. OPEN EVERY DAY POPE’S RESTAURANT Open From 6 A. M. to 11 P. M. U. S. 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